Amusement toy



Mar'ch 17, 1931.

J. CHORAN AMUSEMENT TOY Filed Sept. 19, 1930 H25 ATTORNEY- Patented Mar.17, 1931 UNITE-D rSTATES 'Jon CHORAN, or KENOSHA, WISCONSIN AMUSEMENTyTOY zrl`his invention relates to certain novel improvements inamusement toys7 andhas Afor itsprincipal object the provision of animproved construction of this character which will be highly eiicientnuse and economical in manufacture. Y

The salient object of this'invention is the :provision of a novel andhighly entertaining toy in which a plurality of. mounted chai'- actcrs,such, for example, as characters adapted to resemble Indians onhorseback, lare caused to be rotated about a house in which is provideda mechanism adapted to simulate the shooting of a rifle at intermittentintervals so that as the characters revolve about the-house the rifle isdischarged and thc appearance of an Indian attack created.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement ofpart-s to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by referenceV to the accompanyingdrawings, showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan View depicting a preferred form of construction of myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional Vview substantially on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view taken substantially on the line 3-3 inFig. 1, of

a preferred form of construction of a house embodied in the invention; v

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 4 4 in Fig.1; Y

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially o nthe line 5 5 in Fig.2; and

Fig. 6 is a detail view of a preferred form of mounting the charactersembodied in the invention.

VReferring to the drawing wherein the .preferred embodiments of my noveltoy -are illustrated, indicated at 10 is a base around which is a frame11 secured thereto by .means of suitable .connecting elements 12. recess13 is provided in the base 10 and mounted in this recess isa block 14.Mounted on the block V14 by means of a boltk and nut struc ture 15 is a.hollow standard 16 which in-V cludesa hanged portion 17. Secured to thecludes a depending annular Hange 19.

flanged portion 1f? in any suitable manner such as by soldering is adisc 18 which in- A ball race structure 20 is mounted in the flangedport1on17 of the standard 16. Ro- 55 tatably mounted in the'fra'mle 11is a shaft 21 and integral with' this shaftportion A21 is a lportionproviding a Vhandle 22. Mounted on the inner end portion of the shaft`21so as to be rotatable therewith is a wheel 23 6o which frictionallyengagesthe flange 19. It is apparent, therefore, that by rotating thehandle 21 the wheel 23 will engage the flange 19 and rotate the disc 18on the ball race 20.

In theupper end portion of the standard 16 a hanged portion 24 isprovided and mounted in this flange'portion 24 is a ball race structurel25. The bolt 15 projects upwardly through the ball race 24. The upperlenol portion of the bolt 15 projects upwardly through a bracket 26 inwhich is provided a flange portion 27 and a suitable nut 28 secures thebracket 26 to the bolt-15.

The flange portion 27 is secured by means of suitable connectingelements 29 to a plate 30 which is secured to the frame 11Vby means ofscrews or the like 31. An annular slot 32 is provided in the plate 31.Mounted at spaced apart intervals to the disc 18 are the angularlyformed end portions 33 of uprights 34, the end portions 33 being securedto the plate 30 in any suitable manner such as-by soldering. Theuprights 34 travel in the slot 32 and each of these uprights 34 carriesa figure 35 which in the present instance resembles a horse on which ismounted an Indian rider 36.

Ears 37 are provided on the flange portion 24 of the standard 16.Ahousing 38 of any suitable design and construction is mounted on theplate 30 and provided in this housing is a window 39. Secured to oneside wall of the housing 38 by means of connectingv elements 41 is abracket 40 which includes an inwardly extending portion 42. A. body 44resembling a gun is pivotally mounted in the portion 42 of thebracket`40 by means of a suitable securing element 43. The gun 44includes a portion 45 which'projects through Cil cludes an inwardlyextending portion 46 which is adapted to have abutting engagement withthe ears 37 as the handle 21 is rotated which manifestly causes the hub16 and the disc 18 to rotate, and it will be seen that the rotation ofthe disc 18 rotates the characters 35, the uprights 34 traveling throughthe slot 32. The rotation of the hub 16 causes the ear portions 37 toabut the portion 4G of the gun 44 and thus the gun 44 intermittentlymoved through the window in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 5 thussimulating the action of a person in the house 38 shooting at themounted characters 36 as the characters 36 travel about the house 38. Inthis manner my novel toy simulates an Indian attack.

The ear portions 37 are preferably spaced apart at angular radialintervals corresponding to the angular intervals between the uprights 34and supported characters so that as each time the memberV 44 is actuatedone of the uprights 34 and supported charactei's will be in radialalignment therewith.

One end portion of a coil spring 48 is attached to the inner end portion4G of the gun 44 and the other end portion of this spring 48 is securedto a hoolr element 49 which is attached to the wall of the housing 38. As the gun 44 is moved into the dotted line position of Fig. 5 theabutting ear 37 moves by the gun portion 46 and the gun is retractedinto the solid line position of Fig. 5 by the spring 48. v

From the foregoing description or my invention is it manifest that Ihave provided a novel toy which while being 'simple and economical inconstruction will be highly amusing and entertaining. y

lVhile I have illustrated 'and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying` my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and n'ioditication, without departing from the spirit of theinvention. l, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of lsuchvariations and modiications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims. n

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. An amusement toy comprising a supporting base, a hub mounted -forrotatable movement in said base, a disc carried by said hub androtatable therewith above said base, a marginal frame around said baseand secured thereto, a plate member carried by said frame, plate memberhaving an annular slot therein, a plurality of upright members carriedby said disc and adapted to travel in said slot, characters ci rried bysaid upright members, a housing mounted on said plate member, said hubincluding a portion pro-- jectiiig into said housing, ear portionsextending radially at spaced apart intervals from said last mentionedportion, said housing having a window formed therein, a meniberpivotally mounted in said housing, including a portion projectingthrough said window, and including a portion adapted to have abuttingengagement with said ear poi'- tions, supporting means for saidpivotally mounted member, and means for rotating said disc and said hubwhereby said ear portions will intermittently engage said pivotallymounted member to move said member through said window to simulateshooting at said characters. i

2. An amusement toy comprising a supporting base, a hub mounted forrotatable movement in said base, a. disc carried by said hub androtatable therewith above said base, a marginal frame around said baseand secured thereto, a plate member carried by said frame, said platemember having an annular slot therein, a plurality of upright memberscarried by said disc and adapted to travel in said slot, characterscarried by said upright members, a housing mounted on said plate member,said hub including a portion projecting into said housing, ear portionsextending radially at spaced apart intervals from said last mentionedportion, said housing having a window formed therein, a member pivotallymounted in said housing, including a portion projecting through saidwindow, and including a portion adapted to have abutting engagement withsaid ear portions, supporting means for said pivotally mounted member,means for rotating said disc and said hub whereby said ear portions willintermittently engage said pivotally mounted member to move said memberthrough said window to simulate shooting at said characters, and aspring member for reti'acting` said pivotally mounted member into normalposition in said window.

3. An amusement toy comprising a supporting base, a hub mounted forrotatable movement in said base, a disc cari'ied by said hub androtatable therewith above said base,

a marginal frame around said base and secured thereto, a plate membercarried by said frame, said plate member having an annular slot therein,a plurality of upright members carried by said disc spaced at radialangular intervals, and adapted to travel in said slot, characterscarried by said upright members, a housing` mounted on saidplate'member, said hub including a portion projecting into said housing,ear portions extending radially at spaced apart intervals from said lastmentioned portion, said last mentioned intervals corresponding to theangular intervals between said upright members and supported characters,said housing having a window vformed therein, a member pivotally mountedin said housing, including a portion projecting` through said Window,and inoluding a portion adapted to have abutting engagement with saidear portions, support-y ture.

` JOE GHORAN.

